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Bird flu backtrack Greece tries to convince neighbors to lift ‘unjustified’ poultry ban Greece attempted yesterday to convince its Balkan neighbors to lift their bans on poultry imports after confirming that bird flu had not been found in the country, as questions mounted about why the disease had supposedly been detected last week.

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Role of the media is questioned

As the government hinted over the weekend that elements in the media may have tried to trap officials in corrupt activities, the former leader of Synaspismos Left Coalition told Sunday's Kathimerini that regulatory laws need to be introduced...

Utilities in line for shake-up

A new law designed to reform the way state-controlled utilities are run is set to be approved by the government this week...

Mob attacks police station

A group of some 20 youths attacked the Acropolis police station in central Athens with petrol bombs early Saturday, causing substantial damage but no injuries...

Five held for killing gem trader

Five Greeks have been arrested, and a sixth is being sought, in connection with the murder of a 66-year-old Israeli diamond dealer whose body was discovered...

Giant souvlaki set to grab chunk of history

A Patras taverna owner will today attempt to set a new world record by making a gyros souvlaki (doner kebab) which will weigh...

IN BRIEF

Officials on Lesvos detain 27, some with opium in their shoes : Port authority officials on Lesvos detained 27 illegal immigrants over the weekend...

Five killed in weekend car crashes : Five people died in road accidents on Saturday...

Car thief : A 42-year-old man believed to have broken into and robbed at least 30 cars...

Lethal blaze : An 83-year-old woman died on Saturday morning after a fire started...

Brutal murder : Police in Thessaloniki were yesterday investigating the murder...

Salonica taxis : A new initiative aimed at improving Thessaloniki's taxi service...


THIS WEEK

Monday : Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis is on a five-day visit to Russia...

Tuesday : Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos speaks at the annual meeting...

Thursday : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis attends an informal meeting...

Friday : Public holiday commemorating October 28, 1940, when Greece entered...

Sunday : Clocks go back one hour at 4 a.m. to 3 a.m....


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EDITORIAL

Unreasoned change When the New Democracy government assumed its duties last year, it promoted the establishment of a general secretariat for procurement within the Defense Ministry as a major part of its drive to crack down on corruption. And the appointment of top-level prosecutor Giorgos Zorbas to the head of the secretariat lent extra symbolism to its goals. The government did not just create a political post for its defense procurements but it gave this post to a top judicial official.

COMMENTARY

Management instead of change New Democracy's rise to power last year was basically a regime change, as Greece had been governed by PASOK for some 20 years under Andreas Papandreou and then Costas Simitis (with a brief parenthetical interruption by ND's Constantinos Mitsotakis). With this in mind, Greeks' expectations were particularly high and they anticipated nothing less than a fundamental shift in the established political outlook, not just a change in management policy.

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